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August 29, 2023
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Importar 2 docs word para indesign

  • August 29, 2023
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Olá,

Preciso de importar dois documentos word para o indesign, cada um para uma coluna lado a lado. Um documento para a coluna do lado direito e outro doc para a coluna do lado esquerdo. Tem como o fazer?

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Correct answer James Gifford—NitroPress

A more detailed answer, now that I have a real keyboard to type on. 🙂

 

Create a document with facing pages and no primary frames, with 2-column page layout the way you want it.

 

On the Parent (Master) page layout, add four text frames, one in each of the two columns on each page.

 

Click on the the threading icon of the lower right corner of the left-hand column on the first page, then click in the left-hand column on the second page. That links (threads) them. Do the same for the right-hand column on the first page: click the threading icon, then click in the right hand column on the second page. (The diagram only shows one text frame/icon but you'll see it when you do this.)

 

 

On your first document page, Ctrl-Shift-click on each column. This will place a master frame for each text flow.

 

Place your first content doc in the left-hand column. Then place your second content doc in the right-hand column. That should flow both documents to as many pages as needed, and you can start formatting and lining up the content as needed.

 

Note that this can be a fussy process, and you may find that one flow skips pages, etc. You can fix the flow by dragging the threading icon from the text frame on one page to the corresponding column on  the next page, and repeat until the threading is continuous for both flows.

 

Ask if you have further questions. Some of the trainer level folks here have better procedures that are more consistent, if this one-time placement with a little hacking doesn't work for you.

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James Gifford—NitroPress
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August 29, 2023

Yes. Create two one-column text flows on facing Parent (Master) pages, then place one doc in each flow on the first doc page.

 

It can be very tricky to get both imported docs to flow smoothly across all pages, but you can manually fix the flow once and be done with it. 

James Gifford—NitroPress
Legend
August 30, 2023

A more detailed answer, now that I have a real keyboard to type on. 🙂

 

Create a document with facing pages and no primary frames, with 2-column page layout the way you want it.

 

On the Parent (Master) page layout, add four text frames, one in each of the two columns on each page.

 

Click on the the threading icon of the lower right corner of the left-hand column on the first page, then click in the left-hand column on the second page. That links (threads) them. Do the same for the right-hand column on the first page: click the threading icon, then click in the right hand column on the second page. (The diagram only shows one text frame/icon but you'll see it when you do this.)

 

 

On your first document page, Ctrl-Shift-click on each column. This will place a master frame for each text flow.

 

Place your first content doc in the left-hand column. Then place your second content doc in the right-hand column. That should flow both documents to as many pages as needed, and you can start formatting and lining up the content as needed.

 

Note that this can be a fussy process, and you may find that one flow skips pages, etc. You can fix the flow by dragging the threading icon from the text frame on one page to the corresponding column on  the next page, and repeat until the threading is continuous for both flows.

 

Ask if you have further questions. Some of the trainer level folks here have better procedures that are more consistent, if this one-time placement with a little hacking doesn't work for you.

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August 30, 2023

Exactly how I would do it - actually, it's exactly how I do it already.